Cover of Allure magazine from September 2011 featuring Salma Hayek with styled hair. The cover highlights hair care tips by Leslie Shores, a directory for Chicago salons, and mentions a photo shoot by Mario Testino.

"Shores deposits flattering hues that add a healthy dose of shine and even seem to soften fuzzy textures."-Allure Magazine

Cover of CS magazine featuring Leslie Shores, a young woman with curly hair and a dark blue floral blouse, holding a glass of water. The cover highlights fashion, culture, and Chicago-related content.

"Technique matters, of course--Shores is perhaps best known for her balayage which requires a high level of skill--but this "creative chemist" as she calls herself mixes that with passion to make her clients look great.-Shores, voted Best Colorist CS Magazine

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"Solid tones will get lost under bright stage or set lights, says Leslie, so always build dimension into your color design. She turns to Balayage to create dimension in nearly every clients color." -Behind the Chair Magazine

Side and back view of a woman with short, shiny, strawberry blonde hair.

"Go with a rose gold base color and add in some golden blonde Balayage to make the color really shimmer."

- Shores, refinery29

A magazine page featuring Leslie Shores and an article about a hair tutorial event, with photos of models with different hairstyles, and advertisements for a dating app, a television show, and a movie.

Everyone is asking for copper now, which never used to happen. I'm a sucker for the 1970's. The hair, the clothes, the makeup. All of it!"

- Shores, GLOSSANDFOUND

Cover of Redbook magazine featuring Katherine Heigl in a sparkling blue top, smiling with shoulder-length curly brown hair, surrounded by headlines about beauty, relationships, and celebrity topics.

"Grow out your summer highlights, or just ask your Colorist to paint a caramel tone on your ends," says Shores. -Redbook Magazine

Image of Jared Leto with long hair and a beard, wearing a black blazer and a red scarf, outdoors at night.

Side and back view photos of Jared Leto with long hair tied in a bun, dressed in formal attire at an event.

"Colorist Leslie Shores does what she calls "Manbre", a look inspired by Jared Leto's locks."

-RACKED.COM

A woman with long, wavy brown hair and a slight smile. She is wearing a strapless dress and a pearl necklace.

"Whether she has bangs or not, Chicago girls love Jessica Biel’s carefree Balayage- bronzed hair, and this look is low-key like a typical Midwestern lady.”

- Shores, INSTYLE

Screenshot of a web article featuring Korey Karnes Huyler, labeled as PopSugar City Girl, with a black-and-white photo of her smiling. The article is about her role as CES Editor in Chicago.

Magazine page showing a woman with long blonde hair, yellow dress, and floral bouquet; step-by-step photo instructions of hairstyling process; older photo of woman with short blonde hair; two women smiling, one with dark hair, the other with blonde, in a salon.

"I love Leslie for color." - PopSugar city Chicago

"When working with brides, Leslie asks for details on how the hair will be worn on the wedding day so that she can identify the sections that will benefit most from the pop of a highlight. "And generally," she adds, "I advise my brides to book their color about a week before the wedding. That way there is time to make adjustments if necessary." -Behind the Chair Magazine

Magazine cover featuring a yellow rubber duck inside a washing machine drum. Headline reads 'Take Control of the Laundry!' with other text about sleep, germs, and summer meals.

"I never recommend highlights on pixies. Not only do highlights look busy with all those layers_they also resemble polka dots on the back of the head, where the hair is really short." says Shores - Real Simple Magazine

An advertisement for Maxine Salon featuring Leslie Shores with long, curly dark hair and a white blazer, with the text "Need to change your look? or just glam it up?"

"Leslie's passion is providing thoughtful, on target advice for complete and captivating, head-to-toe style."

- Skirt magazine

A woman with long, deep brown hair wearing a strapless dress with a black and beige pattern, standing outdoors during daytime with trees in the background.

"Softer, warmer tones and natural highlights, as opposed to solid, cooler toned hair is coming."

- Shores, DAILYMAKEOVER

A person coloring someone else's hair with black hair dye using a brush, with a magazine page in the background.

"Clients thinking they need color every four to six weeks is a dated mentality. It's not good for their hair or wallet. I never tell clients to prebook or give them a time frame to come in. I tell them to wait as long as they possibly can in between visits. That way we can avoid overlapping, over processing, wasting their time and their money." - Shores, Daily Makeover

A woman with long, wavy blonde hair smiling at the camera, wearing a strapless patterned dress with gold, brown, and blue tones, against a plain light background. The text 'ROSE GOLD' and 'Connie Britton' appear at the top.

Shores predicts rose gold, a peachy copper red, will be the shade of the season. “Rose gold can be created with all over color and different tones of gold and copper highlighted throughout.” -Stylecaster

A woman with long, wavy black hair cascading over her shoulder, dressed in a black off-the-shoulder top, smiling at the camera.

Another key to staying ahead this season is creative placement with natural color. For example, adding balayage color to deep parts, creating more dimension in a natural way. -Shores, Sophisticate’s Hairstyleguide

A beauty blog article titled "Go Tawny for Spring" featuring a woman with long, wavy hair, pink lipstick, and a black top. Contains text and navigation options on the page.

An effect to give a try this spring is to go tawny, "this look is more on the funky side and is a mixture of matte dark brown with lighter caramel colors."

- Shores, Examiner

Cover of Cosmopolitan magazine April/May 2015, featuring a woman with curly hair, red lipstick, and a colorful scarf, with headlines about hairstyles and beauty tips.

"An edgy ombre look is a lot darker on the top and pretty intense on the bottom- it's more of a dip-dye," - Shores, Sophisticate’s Hairstyleguide

A woman with long wavy brown hair wearing a large beige hat and a yellow off-shoulder dress with floral patterns, smiling and sitting on the floor in a living room. The room has a large beige sectional sofa, some side tables, and geometric metal decor pieces.

“I specialize in Balayage, a French highlighting technique that is more gentle on the hair. While I throughly enjoy the social aspects of everything I do and we certainly laugh and have fun in my chair, I have been told my hair experiences are obviously pretty chill and relaxing. I have had many clients fall asleep in my chair and I’m happy they feel comfortable enough to do so.”

A woman with long brown hair and blue eyes looking directly at the camera, holding the collar of her denim jacket with both hands, wearing a dark top and jewelry, against a plain light-colored background.

“I feel grateful to be able to say that I truly love what I do. I feel lucky to have become successful at it. “

A woman with long brown hair, wearing a black top and blazer, smiling, standing indoors against a plain background.

“I think the key to being successful is being passionate about what you do, staying humble, being honest, really listening to people, and not sweating the small stuff.”

I have been seeing Leslie Shores for a few years now -- She is incredible. With my insane requests for hair dye, I have spent four to five hours there tossing back proscecco -- and I wouldn't do it with anyone else!"

- refinery29.com

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"Some Colorists can apply highlights and lowlights in 45 minutes. But practice makes perfect."

- Shores, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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"I try my best to get them as natural red as I can by sometimes mixing together as many as five different tones of golden copper and adding in balayage highlights for dimension to duplicate Jessica Chastain's signature red hair color".